Local political activist Real Roseberry stumps at Somersworth's City Hall Tuesday. (Weyers/ Democrat photo Resident Real Roseberry arrived at City Hall to cast his vote and show support for Mayor Matt Spencer and City Council candidates Donald Berrios, Harold Guptill and Nancie Cameron.)

SOMERSWORTH– Voting traffic has been slow but steady today at City Hall, with Ward 1 voters trickling in to cast their ballots.

By 1 p.m., 150 residents had made their selections for Mayor and Ward 1 Councilor and weighed in on 13 Charter amendment questions.

Although that number represents less than half of the 372 Ward 1 voters who cast their ballots in the 2011 municipal election, the polls are open until 7 p.m. Candidates working the polls and doing last-minute campaigning believe the numbers will pick up once voters leave work.

Councilor Robin Jarvis, School Board member Jessica Paradis and candidate Kelly Brennan were bundled up and holding campaign signs in front of City Hall.

"I think there will be more voters this year," said Jarvis. "The city has a lot going on right now with construction, Hilltop, and economic development."

Paradis said, "I think it will pick up after all the teachers get out and people leave work."

Inside City Hall, Doug Watson was helping man the polls. He said nine absentee ballots had come in beforehand and two or three people had registered to vote that day.

"We've had a few people come in from other wards wanting to vote," he said. "They were lost, so we had to direct them to the other polling locations."

He said the turnout has been "trickling, but steady" and comes "in spurts."

"It will probably pick up around 5:30 after people are out of work," he said.

Also making an appearance was local political activist Real Roseberry. He arrived after 1 p.m. to cast his vote and hold campaign signs for Mayor Matt Spencer and council candidates Donald Berrios, Harold Guptill and Nancie Cameron.

Roseberry offered this prediction about Spencer: "He's going to win, like I told him. Not by much, but he's going to win."